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Confirmed Sessions List
General Interest Sessions:
The Route 66 Grant - The State Historic Preservation Office has partnered with the National Park Service's Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program to help develop a comprehensive survey of historic properties along Route 66. The SHPO is compiling existing and new survey information into a standardized format that will be compatible with information gathered from the other seven states along the famed "Mother Road." The project will result in the most complete database of Route 66 diners, motels, and other distinctive roadside properties available through the Internet. Dr. William Collins and Vivia Strang of the State Historic Preservation Office will discuss the grant.
Yavapai: Cradle of Counties, Cradle of Statehood - Presented as an Arizona centennial project by Elisabeth F. Ruffner, founding president of the Arizona Heritage Foundation, now Arizona Preservation Foundation. Ruffner has been honored as a Culturekeeper by an Arizona Centennial program of the Westin-Kierland, with Marshall Trimble, State Historian and the Arizona Historical Society and Sharlot Hall Museum as partners; and as a History Maker by the Historical League of the Central Arizona Chapter (Papago Park Museum) of the Arizona Historical Society. An author and historian, Ruffner hosts a public television program titled "I Believe", a weekly radio program with an emphasis
on history, and produces a bi-monthly page in Prescott Woman magazine. The illustrated lecture briefly details the geography, occupation patterns and political history of the Arizona Territory and the State of Arizona, from the perspective of the first Territorial Capital, Prescott, county seat of Yavapai County, Arizona.
When is a House a Ranch? Making Sense of Post-War Housing Styles - You probably know what a Ranch house looks like, but what about a Character Ranch, French Provincial Ranch, Transitional Ranch, or California Ranch? And what exactly is the difference between a Minimal Traditional and a Transitional Ranch? As the number of names for postwar house styles has increased in recent years, so has the confusion surrounding their proper application. Mark Pry leads a session which surveys published style books, as well as preservation studies conducted both in and outside Arizona, to identify the postwar style names and concepts most commonly used and accepted today. The session also discusses the shortcomings inherent in the practice of classifying buildings by style and demonstrates how to describe houses that do not readily fall into accepted style categories.
Section 106 Training - Ms. Charlene Vaughn of the Advisory Council for Historic Presentation will lead a workshop on the basics of Section 106.
Utilizing Google Map Layers - The layers feature in Google Maps is a powerful tool that is changing the way data is shared. Learn how to use layers in this interactive workshop by Center for Desert Archaeology's Doug Gann (must bring own laptop and registration is limited).
How to Start a Merchant Association - Merchant associations can be a powerful tool for neighborhood revitalization. Join Locals First Arizona board member and former Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation President Phil Allsop for a lively discussion on what neighborhood merchants can do by working together.
Historic Façade Grant Programs - Façade grant programs help businesses and commercial property owners improve their building's exterior appearance increasing their attractiveness to new customers and contributing a positive influence toward revitalization of their respective areas. Jonathan Mabry of the City of Tucson and Ruth Clark of the City of Avondalewill discuss their community's respective programs.
Tucson's Downtown Master Plans, 1932-2009 - Tucson architect Bill Mackey recently exhibited over 100 master plans for downtown Tucson culled from government archives, libraries, and the collections of historians and architects. Join Mackey as he discusses the lessons learned from looking at 77 years of one community's plans.
The Future of Arizona State Parks - A recent study by a task force appointed by the Governor concluded thatArizona's state park system is unsustainable and without doing something Arizona will become the only state in the union to not have state parks. This session will explore the challenges Arizona State Parks faces as well as learn that ways it could overcome them in this timely session.
Preservation of the Livermore/Art Barn - In this panel discussion presenters will provide their unique perspectives on the efforts to preserve the Livermore / art barn. How is it that a very old barn, possibly one of the oldest in the state, escaped notice until it was threatened with demolition? Topics will include: the history of the barn and what it took to uncover that history, how the barn's story was communicated to the public, efforts to save the barn, and what is the current status of the preservation effort.
Prop 207 Update - Planners from around the state discuss the continuing impact of Prop 207 on planning, zoning, and land use in their communities. Featuring Karl Eberhard of City of Flagstaff, Jonathan Mabry of City of Tucson, Kathy Levin of the City of Sedona, and Hansen from City of Tempe.
From No Place to Some Place: New Ideas for Old Strip Malls and Convenience Stores - Arizona’s built environment is covered with ubiquitous strip malls and convenience stores. Many are aging and unattractive and have become symbols of neighborhoods in decline. Tucson architect Bill Mackey will discuss his humorous ‘Field Guide to Tucson Convenience Stores. Paho Mann will show his photo project ‘Re-inhabited Circle Ks’ where he shows examples of adaptively reused Circle Ks from Arizona and New Mexico. UCLA doctoral student Ava Blomberg will discuss her ideas for utilizing strip malls as community owned retail centers where proceeds are reinvested into the community.
Public Dialogue as Public Participation for Historic Preservation Planning - Dr. Anita Fonte of Community Renaissance will talk about how public participation plays a role in community planning. Public participation engages the public in deep structure conversations where community values are embedded in public dialogue. Digging deeper into where community values are generated require skills beyond surveys and meeting "feedback sessions." This session will explore the range of skills necessary for effective public dialogue as public participation and will brainstorm opportunities for its use in historic preservation.
Along the California Trail - An ancient set of Indian paths and the natural flow of the Gila River created a major artery for travel through pioneer Arizona. The Gila provided a ready route for the earliest traders, including Toltecs of Mexico, who traded with the Mogollon, Anasazi and Hohokam. The intrepid Padre Francisco Garces, performed missionary work during six excursions along the trail. As well, Bautista de Anza and Marcos de Niza passed by. Various U.S. surveying expeditions, immigrants—such as the ill-fated Oatman family—and seekers of the California gold fields join the list. The journals, stories, songs and art that came from these travels are rich and revealing of our state’s pioneers. Using visuals, live music and recitation, Dr. Jay Craváth shares the diverse history.
Archaeological Sessions:
The Contributions of Avocational Archaeologists to Historic Preservation (2 hours)
Moderator: David R. Wilcox and Peter J. Pilles, Jr.
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For many decades avocational archaeologists have made fundamental contributions to historic preservation in Arizona.
Organized into the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (founded in 1916) and the many chapters of the Arizona
Archaeological Society (founded in the 1960s), these citizens with a passion for archaeology have contributed innumerable
hours supporting the activities of professional archaeologists as well as conducting their own research programs. The
papers in this symposium celebrate the contributions of the latter kind of initiatives carried out over the last decade
or more in West-Central and Northern Arizona.
Documenting Hilltop Site in West-Central Arizona from an Airplane
By Joseph Vogel
Full Coverage Archaeological Survey in West Central Arizona
By Jerome Ehrhardt
Ceramic Study Of The Sycamore Canyon/Hackbery Basin Region Of West-Central Arizona
By Jim Graceffa
The Deadman’s Wash Frontier Zone
By Bern Carey
Archaeo-Astronomy Survey of the Middle Verde Valley
By Ken Zoll
Aboriginal Trails in West Central Arizona
By Jerome Ehrhardt
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Preservation Challenges in Grand Canyon National Park
Moderator: Jen Dierker, Grand Canyon National Park
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Grand Canyon has several active preservation and rehabilitation projects in the park each with its own unique
challenges. Pervasive erosion and visitation threaten the integrity of archeological sites and in some instances
preservation in situ is not an option. Recent excavations along the river corridor have provided NPS an
opportunity to collaborate with other resource specialists on stabilization techniques. Alluvial terraces
subject to runoff erosion have in some cases exposed additional cultural materials; erosion control using
stones and brush have successfully reduced additional erosion. Sites that have been excavated and stabilized
require special monitoring and preservation maintenance to mitigate impacts from weathering and visitor-related
uses. Ruins stabilization balances the need to provide public education with the NPS mission of resource
preservation. Archeologists, biologists, and geomorphologists are pooling their expertise and present low
impact preservation techniques currently on-going in Grand Canyon National Park.
Restoring Excavated Sites in Grand Canyon: The Challenges of Landscaping in the Desert
Kassy Theobald (Grand Canyon National Park)
Small Scale Erosion Control as a Preservation Method
Christopher Tressler (Utah State University) and Jen Dierker (Grand Canyon National Park)
Preservation of Ancient Architecture: Challenges and Successes
Ian Hough (Grand Canyon National Park)
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New Strategies in Federal Cultural Resource Management
Moderator: Jeremy Haines, Coconino National Forest
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Federal archeologists are typically charged with managing cultural resources across broad land bases that
often contain thousands of sites across hundreds of thousands of acres. Recent increases in information
technology, and data management requirements, as well as changes in land management policies and strategies
have created additional challenges. This brief session will touch upon ways that federal archaeologists have
adapted to this complexity to better identify, protect, and manage cultural resources.
‘Rooms with a View’ – The Forest Service Cabin Rental Program
By Mike Lyndon (Kaibab National Forest) and Kathy Makansi (Coronado National Forest)
Protecting Cultural Resources from Wildland Fire
By Neil Weintraub (Kaibab National Forest) and Ian Hough (Grand Canyon National Park)
Looking Through a Glass Onion – Incorporating Historic Maps into Geographic Information Systems
By Jeremy Haines (Coconino National Forest)
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Petroglyphs and Politics: Picture Canyon
Moderator: Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Evelyn Billo
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Picture Canyon, a short stretch of the Rio de Flag within Flagstaff city limits, is many things to many
people: a archaeological site, the type site for the Northern Sinagua petroglyph style, an outdoor classroom
for university students, a beautiful place to hike and see wildlife, a damaged wetland on the verge of restoration,
an ancestral sacred place, an ethnobotanical wonder, an outlet for city wastewater, a parcel of state land to be
sold at auction, a place to dump trash. Members of the grass-roots community group struggling to protect it—the
Picture Canyon Working Group—are just as diverse. In this session we trace Picture Canyon’s progress from
“Flagstaff’s Canyon of Shame,” as it was described in a newspaper article describing illegal dumping there, to
a National Register-listed historic property that nonetheless remains in managerial limbo. Why, in spite of
community efforts to protect Picture Canyon, does it still endure vandalism and face threats of sale to developers?
Petroglyphs and Politics: An Overview of Picture Canyon Preservation Efforts
By Evelyn Billo (Rupestrian CyberServices; American Rock Art Research Association)
Picture Canyon as an Outdoor Classroom
By Kelley Hays-Gilpin (Northern Arizona University; Museum of Northern Arizona)
Listing Picture Canyon on the National Register of Historic Places: Reflections on the Nomination Process
By Pat Stein (Arizona Preservation Consultants)
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Historic Cemeteries
Moderator: Marlesa A. Gray,( Director, Historic Program Statistical Research, Inc)
NPS Parks Flagstaff Area
Recording Navajo Homesites
Moderator: Ron Maldonado (NNHPD)
Hualapai Cultural Atlas GIS
Moderator: Loretta Jackson-Kelly (Hualapai Nation Department of Cultural Resources THPO)
The Las Capas Project
Moderator: William Doelle
The Story of a Preservation Success: The Valencia Community of the Tucson Basin
Moderator: Linda Mayro (Pima County) and William Doelle (Desert Archaeology, Inc.)
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Preserving nearly 100 acres of a Hohokam ballcourt community within the city limits of Tucson is an ongoing
process. The process made a significant step forward in November 2009, when Pima County used bond funds and
Growing Smarter matching funds to purchase 67 acres of State Trust Land. Goals for preservation and
interpretation were first laid out in Tucson’s Santa Cruz Riverpark master plan written in 1976. Over the
ensuing decades, a variety of development projects impinged upon the Valencia Community, which originally
stretched nearly the entire two-mile length of an area zoned for an industrial park. Development projects
funded numerous phases of research that have yielded major new insights into Tucson’s prehistory from roughly
1000 BC to AD 1200. Efforts to achieve preservation by archaeologists, City and County government personnel,
and very importantly, representatives of the Tohono O’odham Nation, have gradually brought about a series of
preservation successes. In this session, the story of more than three decades of effort is condensed into a
one-hour presentation. The community values that make this place important are considered and the practical
aspects of lessons that can be applied elsewhere in Arizona are highlighted.
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Arizona Archaeological Council Board session
Moderator: Pending.
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